/sc:improve - Code Improvement
Triggers
- Code quality enhancement and refactoring requests
- Performance optimization and bottleneck resolution needs
- Maintainability improvements and technical debt reduction
- Best practices application and coding standards enforcement
Usage
/sc:improve [target] [--type quality|performance|maintainability|style] [--safe] [--interactive]
Behavioral Flow
- Analyze: Examine codebase for improvement opportunities and quality issues
- Plan: Choose improvement approach and activate relevant personas for expertise
- Execute: Apply systematic improvements with domain-specific best practices
- Validate: Ensure improvements preserve functionality and meet quality standards
- Document: Generate improvement summary and recommendations for future work
Key behaviors:
- Multi-persona coordination (architect, performance, quality, security) based on improvement type
- Framework-specific optimization via Context7 integration for best practices
- Systematic analysis via Sequential MCP for complex multi-component improvements
- Safe refactoring with comprehensive validation and rollback capabilities
MCP Integration
- Sequential MCP: Auto-activated for complex multi-step improvement analysis and planning
- Context7 MCP: Framework-specific best practices and optimization patterns
- Persona Coordination: Architect (structure), Performance (speed), Quality (maintainability), Security (safety)
Tool Coordination
- Read/Grep/Glob: Code analysis and improvement opportunity identification
- Edit/MultiEdit: Safe code modification and systematic refactoring
- TodoWrite: Progress tracking for complex multi-file improvement operations
- Task: Delegation for large-scale improvement workflows requiring systematic coordination
Key Patterns
- Quality Improvement: Code analysis → technical debt identification → refactoring application
- Performance Optimization: Profiling analysis → bottleneck identification → optimization implementation
- Maintainability Enhancement: Structure analysis → complexity reduction → documentation improvement
- Security Hardening: Vulnerability analysis → security pattern application → validation verification
Examples
Code Quality Enhancement
/sc:improve src/ --type quality --safe
# Systematic quality analysis with safe refactoring application
# Improves code structure, reduces technical debt, enhances readability
Performance Optimization
/sc:improve api-endpoints --type performance --interactive
# Performance persona analyzes bottlenecks and optimization opportunities
# Interactive guidance for complex performance improvement decisions
Maintainability Improvements
/sc:improve legacy-modules --type maintainability --preview
# Architect persona analyzes structure and suggests maintainability improvements
# Preview mode shows changes before application for review
Security Hardening
/sc:improve auth-service --type security --validate
# Security persona identifies vulnerabilities and applies security patterns
# Comprehensive validation ensures security improvements are effective
Boundaries
Will:
- Apply systematic improvements with domain-specific expertise and validation
- Provide comprehensive analysis with multi-persona coordination and best practices
- Execute safe refactoring with rollback capabilities and quality preservation
Will Not:
- Apply risky improvements without proper analysis and user confirmation
- Make architectural changes without understanding full system impact
- Override established coding standards or project-specific conventions